Your Member of Parliament (MP) is there to speak up for people in your area. They do this by making sure that your views and opinions are known when new laws are being made and by checking what the government is doing. You help select your local Member of Parliament (MP) by voting for them in elections.

How can your Member of Parliament (MP) help you?

Part of your Member of Parliament's (MP’s) job is to help people in your area with problems. The Member of Parliament (MP) could do this by:

Writing to someone about your problem for you

Asking the government for help

Supporting you to change something

Problems your Member of Parliament (MP) can help with:

NHS health services like hospitals and doctors

Tax and National Insurance. This is money you pay to the government when you work

Benefits. This is money you may get like Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Income Support

Big problems with schools. For example, schools closing down

Your Member of Parliament (MP) is not the best person to help with things like:

Problems with neighbours

Problems with your employers (these are the people you work for)

Family problems

Problems with landlords (these are people you rent a home from)

Before asking your Member of Parliament (MP) for help, you should try to solve the problem yourself.